Learn to execute before you innovate

In the Jazz Process there are fourteen principles that form a continuum that progresses linearly from the most fundamental principles to the more advanced:

These fourteen principles are effectively divided into four groups:

Working: Five principles support individuals working within a team.
Collaborating: Four principles enable a team to work in synergy so that their [Read more]

Agility demands a balance between planning and improvisation

In my previous post I made reference to a book called “Rework.” One of the assertions put forward by the book’s authors is “Planning is guessing.” It’s easy to see how critics could jump on this but the authors of Rework are pretty clear that they are referring to long-term planning. What’s most interesting is [Read more]

Heeding advice: filter and apply

There’s a new book out called “Rework“ written by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of web application company 37signals. The pages of Rework are crammed full of straightforward business advice served up in bite-size chunks with each point covered in just one or two pages. This makes the book easy to read and [Read more]

Making repeat collaboration work

Harvard Business Review editor, Andrew O’Connell, asks “Does Repeat Collaboration Really Kill Creativity?” The short answer is that it can. Yet as O’Connell points out, there are collaborations that can remain highly creative for a long time. [Read more]